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Pineal melatonin rhythm: reduction in aging Syrian hamsters

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|December 19, 1980
PubMed
Summary

Aging significantly reduces melatonin production in Syrian hamsters. Young hamsters show a large nocturnal rise in pineal melatonin, but this is nearly absent in older hamsters, indicating decreased biosynthetic activity.

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